Eric Skokan

Josh Monopoli, chef de cuisine of Black Cat & Bramble & Hare, on trustafarians, farm-to-table and food hangups

Josh Monopoli Black Cat 1964 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-5500 www.blackcatboulder.com Bramble & Hare 1970 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-9110 brambleandhare.com This is part one of my interview with Josh Monopoli, chef de cuisine of Black Cat and Bramble & Hare, Part two of our chat will run tomorr ... More >>

Exclusive first look: Eric Skokan's Bramble & Hare opens Monday in Boulder

"Why not?" deadpans Eric Skokan when I ask him about opening Bramble & Hare, the new restaurant he'll unveil to the public on Monday, directly adjacent to Black Cat, the gospel of seasonality that Skokan introduced to Boulder in 2006 just off the Pearl Street Mall.

Reader: Celebrity Chef Tour has jumped the shark -- where's Henry Winkler?

Celebrity chefs are winging into Colorado for this weekend's Aspen Food & Wine festival, and one lands in Denver today: Amanda Cohen, chef-owner of Dirt Candy, a renowned vegetarian restaurant in New York, will be at Linger tonight as part of the Celebrity Chef Tour, a moveable feast that crosses A ... More >>

Announcement: We have a winner of our Celebrity Chef Tour contest

Amanda Cohen, the chef-owner of Dirty Candy, a vegetarian restaurant in New York that's generated national accolades, will be in Denver Wednesday night as part of the Celebrity Chef Tour, a moveable feast that traverses to venues all over America to pay homage to the late James Beard, the "father of ... More >>

Contest: Win two seats to the Celebrity Chef Tour at Linger

Next Wednesday night at Linger, local chefs Frank Bonanno (Mizuna, Luca d'Italia, Osteria Marco, Bones, Green Russell, Lou's Food Bar and Russell's Smokehouse), Eric Skokan (Black Cat Bistro and Bramble and Hare), Ann Cooper (the Renegade Lunch Lady), Daniel Asher, Samm Sherman and Justin Cucci (Roo ... More >>

Black Cat owner/chef Eric Skokan will open Bramble & Hare in Boulder

For the past several months, farmer, forager and chef Eric Skokan, who owns Black Cat restaurant in Boulder and Black Cat Farm in Niwot, has been quietly working behind the scenes to unearth his second restaurant, Bramble & Hare, which will open soon at 1970 Thirteenth Street, directly next door to ... More >>

Black Cat chef-owner Eric Skokan pimps root vegetable recipes in Relish

Kirsten Boyer​Eric Skokan's Black Cat Farm may have started as a backyard garden, but over the past few years, it's grown to a seventy-acre operation that provides a good deal of the food for his Boulder restaurant, Black Cat, throughout the year.

Tyler Baer launches Crust in Boulder

Crust​Tyler Baer's foray into the kitchen started during a year abroad in Germany. "Food is a very important thing for me and it always has been," he says. "My mom always made things from scratch and organic ingredients, so I was really used to having good food. But during college, I went abro ... More >>

Kelly Whitaker tends an urban garden at Pizzeria Basta

Pizzeria BastaThe garden at Pizzeria Basta, early in the season.​Kelly Whitaker, chef-owner of Boulder's Pizzeria Basta, spent every summer of his childhood on a farm -- and he hated it. "My grandfather was a farmer, and I spent every single summer on his farm, but I hated vegetables, and my f ... More >>

Reader: Black Cat's Eric Skokan knows how to raise a crop of cooking fans

Kirsten Boyer​Gardeners along the Front Range are harvesting the fruits of their labors -- and those gardeners include many local restaurateurs, who are supplying much of the produce for their own kitchens. Laura Shunk is currently profiling these chef/farmers, and her post on the Black Cat's ... More >>

Eric Skokan's seventy-acre Black Cat Farm began as a backyard garden

Kirsten BoyerEric Skokan in his root cellar.​Six years ago, while his Black Cat restaurant was under construction in Boulder, Eric Skokan and his wife, Jill, planted a garden in their back yard.

Denver episode of Ludo Bites America premieres tonight; viewing party at Biker Jim's

Kristine LefebvreLudo Lefebvre ​ Four months ago, in April, French-born, Los Angeles-based chef Ludo Lefebvre took a road trip to eastern Colorado, where he shot, skinned and butchered a bison. To show his respect for the beast, he then dropped to his knees and took a bite of its heart, stil ... More >>

Women & Wine, tequila dinners, Summer Brew Fest and more on this week's culinary calendar

​There's a lot of wine on this week's culinary calendar -- but you'll also find beer, tequila, pesto and cherry pie. Keep reading for a taste of what's ahead:

Food porn! Money shots! The pictorial essay of celeb chef Ludo Lefebvre at Biker Jim's!

Lori Midson​It had just gone 6 p.m., when light driblets of rain began to drop from the clouds, but the dozens of people with their noses to the window, peering in to catch a glimpse of the famous French chef, didn't seem to notice. Some, determined to be one of the first through the doors, h ... More >>

Tonight: LudoBites takes its traveling tour to Biker Jim's

​Early last month, the Sundance Channel unleashed news that it would begin airing a new series this summer with Burgundy-born Ludo Lefebvre, the classically trained French chef who resides (when he's not living out of a suitcase) in Los Angeles and travels across the sweeping American landscap ... More >>

Whole hog hoedown with Il Mondo Vecchio's Mark DeNittis: the piggy food porn

Lori Midson Pleased to meat you!​On Saturday, Il Mondo Vecchio's Mark DeNittis, Denver's high priest of salumi (and the newest member of FIVE), ushered a half dozen meat-heads into his laboratory, as part of a whole hog hoedown that exposed voyeurs to a 190-pound, Blue Butt beast that sacrifi ... More >>

New Year's resolutions from Max MacKissock, Matt Selby, Mark DeNittis, Michael Long and twenty-one more Denver/Boulder chefs

Lori MidsonBrad Rowell, chef at Colt & Gray, resolves to eat twenty percent less pork fat per day and replace that with twenty percent more Schlitz​ Haven't made your New Year's resolutions yet? That makes two of us. But instead of focusing on ourselves, we prodded more than two dozen Denver/ ... More >>

Today: Try Eric Skokan's James Beard menu at Black Cat Bistro

​This week Black Cat Restaurant, 1964 13th Street in Boulder, has been offering a James Beard Tasting Menu that lets you sample the dishes that chef/owner Eric Skokan will be cooking at the James Beard House on January 19. But hurry: The special menu ends after January 14. For reservations, ca ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Tequila dinners, beer tastings and more

​Tomorrow's Rollin' Sushi workshop at the Seasoned Chef Cooking School is one of several culinary classes this week; other mouth-watering events include a tequila dinner at El Diablo and a beer-tasting fundraiser at the E Project. Here's a taste of what's to come:

More predictions, rants and raves from local chefs on the culinary trends of 2011

Sustainably-farmed fish will be a big trend in 2011, say local chefs​Yesterday, several local chefs -- Michael Long (Aria and Opus); Eric Skokan (Black Cat); Brandon Biederman (Steuben's); Brad Rowell (Colt & Gray); and Troy Guard (TAG and TAG Raw Bar) -- dished on the culinary trends that wou ... More >>

Raves and rants: Local chefs weigh in with their culinary predictions for 2011

Lori MidsonTAG executive chef/owner Troy Guard predicts that cheese will be the top food of 2011​What does 2011 hold for the culinary world? We asked several local chefs to consult their crystal orbs, talk to the (whole) beast, bend their ears to the farmland and unearth a few trends that will ... More >>

Food porn from last night's Celebrity Chef Tour powwow at Osteria Marco

Lori Midson​"Believe it or not, it's been pretty calm today," said Frank Bonanno, standing in the kitchen of Osteria Marco, the turf for last night's Celebrity Chef Tour dinner, a gathering of five Denver chefs -- Bonanno, Alex Seidel (Fruition and Frution Farms), Eric Skokan (Black Cat and Bl ... More >>

Tonight: Celebrity Chef Tour at Osteria Marco

​Tonight Osteria Marco, 1453 Larimer Street, will host the Celebrity Chef Tour, a benefit for the James Beard Foundation that features a dinner prepared by Michael Ginor from Hudson Valley Foie Gras and Denver heavyweight chefs Frank Bonanno, Matt Selby, Alex Seidel and Eric Skokan (read Eric ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Deals for Scorpios, Grapes to Grad and more

​This week -- through Saturday, November 20 -- Scorpios drink free at miniBAR, 222 Columbine Street (303-668-4064 or visit www.minibardenver.com), from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.; there will also be music, food and drink specials. You'll find many more deals and events taking place this week in our culi ... More >>

The week in Cafe Society bloggery: Cupcakes, veggie dogs, tacos and a fuzzy hunk of meat that says, "I'm bacon!

Lori Midson​ Behold the highlights and low lights of what you may have missed this week on the Cafe Society blog.

Chef and Tell, part two: Black Cat's Eric Skokan dishes on his required reading list, blood sausage and knives

Lori Midson​Eric Skokan Black Cat 1964 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-5500 www.blackcatboulder.com This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Eric Skokan, owner/chef of Black Cat in Boulder. Read the rest of Lori Midson's interview with Skokan. Favorite restaurant in America: Rincon Per ... More >>

Black Cat exec chef Eric Skokan on cooking for kids, the demise of burrata and his Niwot farm

Lori Midson ​ Eric Skokan Black Cat 1964 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-5500 www.blackcatboulder.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Eric Skokan, exec chef/owner of Black Cat in Boulder. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. In the exhibition kitchen, th ... More >>

Tickets go on sale today for the Denver Celebrity Chef Tour -- and the lineup is stellar

Lori Midson​Tickets go on sale today for the Denver Celebrity Chef Tour, a star-studded squad of kitchen sorcerers, including Matt Selby (Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben's); Alex Seidel (Fruition and Fruition Farms); Eric Skokan (Black Cat, Boulder); and Michael Ginor, the co-founder and chef ... More >>

Tonight: Beer vs. wine at BookCliff Vineyards

A Flickr photo.​If this beer vs. wine thing is a new trend, we're not complaining. First there was a Beer vs. Wine dinner at TAG earlier this month, and now Upslope Brewing and BookCliff Vineyards will face off during a beer and wine dinner at BookCliff, 1468 Pearl Street in Boulder.

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: A Taste of Colorado, beer vs. wine dinners and a salsa fiesta

​We're sure you're all aware that this weekend, the Taste of Colorado will be taking over Civic Center Park. But there's a lot more going on -- including the annual Creede Salsa Fiesta -- to whet your appetite. Here's a taste of what's ahead this week:

Tonight: Black Cat wine dinner: In Our Own Backyard

​At 6:30 p.m. tonight, Black Cat Restaurant, 1964 13th Street in Boulder, presents In Our Own Backyard Wine Dinner, a multi-course collaboration between chef/farmer Eric Skokan and master sommelier Richard Betts. It starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $85; call 303-444-9110 or visit www.blackcatboul ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Telluride Mushroom, Bootstraps Western Wine and Chile Harvest festivals

​If you can't make the drive up to Telluride for the annual Mushroom Festival, don't fret -- there's always the Bootstraps Western Wine Fest in Evergreen or Lakewood's Chile Harvest Festival. Here's what else is on the menu for this week's culinary events:

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Melo and Lala's cake designer at Park Meadows

Melo and Lala's fabulous wedding cake.​"Carmelo's favorite color is red, which was dominant in the decor and the cake. The inside was red velvet with cream cheese fillings, alternating with chocolate cake, chocolate cream, & dark chocolate ganache (Lala's favorite). We used gold to add luxury. ... More >>

It's not easy going green

The mother of all food weekends

This weekend, it's all about Mom. Take her to the Denver Public Library, 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway, from 10:30 a.m. to noon today, May 9, for a free tea-service demo. To make a reservation, go to www.denverlibrary.org. And before you take your mother to brunch on Sunday (check with your favorite ... More >>

Book a Black Cat dinner with BookCliff Vineyards

At 6 p.m. tonight, chef/owner Eric Skokan will offer a "Barrel Tasting Dinner" at Black Cat, 1964 13th Street in Boulder. The five-course dinner, with pairings from BookCliff Vineyards, is $55; to RSVP, call 303-444-5500.

Start December with dinner out -- but not too far out -- at Black Cat

Think local, eat local. Black Cat is celebrating this holiday month with "100 Mile" dinners, with four-course menus that will change nightly through December 30 -- but will always feature ingredients that chef Eric Skokan can find within a hundred-mile radius. And as Jason Sheehan discovered when h ... More >>

Coming clean on the soap at Black Cat

Three hours for dinner? Black Cat proves worth the wait

One more night at Black Cat

The Black Cat has Jason Sheehan purring -- once he pulls in his claws

Boulder Bites

In a town filled with good restaurants, Prima couldn’t cut it.

Bolder in Boulder

Bimbamboo joins a thriving restaurant scene.

Homecoming

Again the Masters of their doman.

Mouthing Off